Earlier this week, Unita troops were blamed for killing nine people and injuring another 15 near Malanje, a city 300 kilometres east of Angola's capital Luanda, in an ambush.

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The deadly crush at the gates of the Cidadela Desportiva stadium, in Angola's capital, Luanda, came Monday evening as tens of thousands of people flocked to an event staged by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

CNN: Death toll from stampede at Angola stadium vigil rises

Soon these will stretch the whole way along the Marginal, the seafront road that is being turned into a grand six-lane highway sweeping around the horseshoe-shaped bay of Luanda, Angola's buzzing capital.

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